Let There Be More Fields of Valor and Treasure Caskets! (03/06/2009)

[oldoldman]

*bets there will be a day of the update detail about how you can ask the Bseal guy for stacks of 99 back*

What are we betting, because I'll take it! I'm thinking the other has to change their sig for a month if they are wrong to whatever the winner decrees!

[Max™]

I've learned to not bet with an anteater, they have sharp claws.

[LD]

They have a very clear sense of self, though.

[Max™]

So do I, but my claws are feeble unless I augment them.

My cats noticed that I could detach my claw (my pocket knife) and were fascinated by it.

I could make it cut things and then put it down.

[oldoldman]

I've learned to not bet with an anteater, they have sharp claws.

wimp

[Ker]

Cool just hope the Item are worth it but new Area with GIL+EXP sold me

[Max™]

FUCK YOU, I'M A HUMAN BEING!

[Jutubyaa]

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Hey guys! I heard Behemoth Hides will be in Caskets in the Dominion!

But, in all seriousness, this is so win. FoV makes soloing so much nicer, and even more areas means more chances to avoid shit low level parties.

Also, more Maat's Caps I forsee in the near future. Anything to make that quest easier for people who want it is awesome. Because, in all honestly, if you don't have Maat's Cap, you have not yet established yoself. YOU'VE GOT TO ESTABLISH YOSELF! (Inside joke to some forum users :D)

[miokomioko]

I am very happy about this.

I find myself hunting Treasure Caskets for lolgear in my spare time when I'm half-afk. I am just glad the inventory clogging I have been submitting myself to might be for some actually decent Lv.60~65 equipment from Valley of Sorrow/Ro Moave/Cape Terrigan/etc. I haven't been leveling a new job in a long time so FoV hasn't interested me much but this whole gil/bs/equip thing sounds like a nice variety instead of just exp.

[oldoldman]

FUCK YOU, I'M A HUMAN BEING!

I'm a scientist.

[Sho]

Woot, gonna lvl PUP and DNC to 75 nao. FoV/Beseiged/Campaign onry.

[Bregor]

I'm a scientist.

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On topic, this could be pretty win. The big drawback for me was the elite field manual can only be once per Earth day, so drop rates better be good. If not, prepare for adventuring fellow BC-sized lines.

[Ragnus]

This update note has the potential to decrease population density. That has its shares of ups and downs but it gives me something to look forward to. Square doesn't predict how players congregate very well - Whitegate came as a surprise, certainly. The more distributed content is, the more people all have a chance to do something. I want to be able to go to any zone and have something to accomplish there. (My level and job and assistance vary where I want to go, of course.)

On that note, hey, Ringthree, think this might ease area congestion on Odin?

Don't get me wrong, I love that this is happening but I just liked having all of the mandies to myself. haha

I think the Tu'Lia book is a really interesting spot. It might take some drudgery out of sky farming but there is a lot of magic aggro for your standard party to put up with for Gardens pages.

[Raylinn]

I've been loving FoV lately. In the last week I've been logging in during my lunch hour and soloing 4k a session on COR. Previously, on dancer and dragoon, I was getting even more during these short sessions. More places to go and new rewards is definitely welcome.

I also expect my best friend will be nearly living in sky on his blm again, even though fire crystals don't grant nearly the money they used to.

[orson]

I think that most people are massively overestimating the level of gear and NM's that will be available.

FoV was created for non-lifers, they aren't going to toss them super-end-game mobs or super-end-game gear.

SE may do things wrong, but the player base always creates their own expectation gaps. Desintye may take the point way too far, but in reality his post just backed up the post of the person before him. SE says something, some people listen and are realistic, and some people think they are going to be able to pop fucking Byakko from the FoV manual in sky.

I think Ringthree is right. FoV is designed for leveling. I'm betting most of the gear obtained will be under level 70. It's not to say there might not be a few gems in the gear that'll be decent at 75 but I bet it's not likely any of it is going to be NMs dropping abjs or byakko haidates.

[Nekio]

So now that everyone has their beastmen seals stored with the port jeuno guy they have another use? Awesome.

They better let you use the seals you have stored. I have over 1000 BS on that dude.

[LD]

I'm probably going to be proven wrong on update day, but I bet they'll allow you to withdraw seals from the guy. It would be totally against the point of making them storable on the NPC if you create a new system that uses them without allowing you to get them back. If they don't add withdrawals, people will have to store Bseals in their safe again.

[Gtype954]

Darned caskets. I've put more than 70 hours into farming them in BD and still have not gotten my gothic feet. ><

Edit: To keep from being a Negative Nancy, the update does look good... I'm just still annoyed at BD. Annoyed and bootless!

I have gotten feet alot before by picking the number 21 lol. try picking that number, not sure if those caskets are as random as I originally thought.

and to this.

Those who dare to relinquish equipment, on the other hand, can expect delightful rewards the likes of which have never been seen before on Vana'diel!

They try to make it seem like they are releasing a new AV type monster, but with no exp loss (which would be cool as hell, and no time limit), and to which any LS can pop (don't have to compete to claim it). I like the NM system but I don't think the NMs would be as hard as they say they will.
Then SE goes on to say the rewards are like nothing you ever seen before..
either they meant that they are brand new exclusive new items, or they are trying to fool us into thinking that their will be Mar's rings +1 in there lol.

Chalk it up to SE exaggerations again... or me mis-reading the topic.
Either way, I hope the NMs are hard as hell since they can popped easier now and no exp loss means people will put up a great fight against anything.

[Damane]

I have gotten feet alot before by picking the number 21 lol. try picking that number, not sure if those caskets are as random as I originally thought.

and to this.

Those who dare to relinquish equipment, on the other hand, can expect delightful rewards the likes of which have never been seen before on Vana'diel!

They try to make it seem like they are releasing a new AV type monster, but with no exp loss (which would be cool as hell, and no time limit), and to which any LS can pop (don't have to compete to claim it). I like the NM system but I don't think the NMs would be as hard as they say they will.
Then SE goes on to say the rewards are like nothing you ever seen before..
either they meant that they are brand new exclusive new items, or they are trying to fool us into thinking that their will be Mar's rings +1 in there lol.

Chalk it up to SE exaggerations again... or me mis-reading the topic.
Either way, I hope the NMs are hard as hell since they can popped easier now and no exp loss means people will put up a great fight against anything.

90% of the new equipment will be useless/crap, 8% of the new equipment will be situational, and 2% will be good! (compared to other equipment available in that slot)

[arshesney]

I'm probably going to be proven wrong on update day, but I bet they'll allow you to withdraw seals from the guy. It would be totally against the point of making them storable on the NPC if you create a new system that uses them without allowing you to get them back. If they don't add withdrawals, people will have to store Bseals in their safe again.

I doubt that is going to happen. They have probably picked BS because many people traded them already to the npc, thus "levelling the playing field".
I may be wrong too, but it is probably for the same reason they introduced new points (Tabs) instead of using, let's say, Conquest Points to buy various stuff at manuals.